Comments on: How travel teaches us to hate http://www.vagablogging.net/how-travel-teaches-us-to-hate.html Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:47:53 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Nicolai http://www.vagablogging.net/how-travel-teaches-us-to-hate.html/comment-page-1#comment-27124 Nicolai Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:41:34 +0000 http://www.vagablogging.net/?p=5978#comment-27124 Compelling post... challenging topic. In my own travels, witnessing (or actually, personally experiencing) extreme poverty and hunger at first made me both deeply thankful for warm food and shelter, and also hateful of policies that prevent/discourage them. It took a while for the hate to dissipate, and a generalized gratitude to set in. Thank you for writing this. It's a trip down memory lane that's quite uncomfortable, but maybe that's a good thing. Compelling post… challenging topic.

In my own travels, witnessing (or actually, personally experiencing) extreme poverty and hunger at first made me both deeply thankful for warm food and shelter, and also hateful of policies that prevent/discourage them. It took a while for the hate to dissipate, and a generalized gratitude to set in.

Thank you for writing this. It’s a trip down memory lane that’s quite uncomfortable, but maybe that’s a good thing.

]]> By: Consume & Update: Air Traffic, Hatred and Two Days To Go | nomadderwhere http://www.vagablogging.net/how-travel-teaches-us-to-hate.html/comment-page-1#comment-27073 Consume & Update: Air Traffic, Hatred and Two Days To Go | nomadderwhere Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:04:01 +0000 http://www.vagablogging.net/?p=5978#comment-27073 [...] What has often been a companion of my culture shock is something akin to hatred, an ugly emotion that has the ability to take hold of my soul even against protest. I’ve come home angry at many things, and though it’s not the way I actively choose to be, Joel Carrilet gives me a little comfort in knowing it’s not just a massive character flaw. It happens with due cause. Travel frequently introduces us to beauty, but it shows us other things too. As we lay eyes on situa... [...] [...] What has often been a companion of my culture shock is something akin to hatred, an ugly emotion that has the ability to take hold of my soul even against protest. I’ve come home angry at many things, and though it’s not the way I actively choose to be, Joel Carrilet gives me a little comfort in knowing it’s not just a massive character flaw. It happens with due cause. Travel frequently introduces us to beauty, but it shows us other things too. As we lay eyes on situa… [...]

]]> By: Rod Smith http://www.vagablogging.net/how-travel-teaches-us-to-hate.html/comment-page-1#comment-26838 Rod Smith Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:01:04 +0000 http://www.vagablogging.net/?p=5978#comment-26838 Interesting perspective. Good post and very thought provoking. Interesting perspective. Good post and very thought provoking.

]]> By: Lindsey http://www.vagablogging.net/how-travel-teaches-us-to-hate.html/comment-page-1#comment-26830 Lindsey Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:53:18 +0000 http://www.vagablogging.net/?p=5978#comment-26830 As long as we feel something; we can be alive. Hatred, just like joy tells us how we perceive the world around us. But it is how we react that makes or breaks the situation. Reminds me of a book The Giver- where the world is perfect (or so it seems) yet in the end, there can be no middle ground to stand without knowing what each end feels like to make it real. As long as we feel something; we can be alive. Hatred, just like joy tells us how we perceive the world around us. But it is how we react that makes or breaks the situation. Reminds me of a book The Giver- where the world is perfect (or so it seems) yet in the end, there can be no middle ground to stand without knowing what each end feels like to make it real.

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